Healthcare assistant Chantelle Blakeley, 33, from Middleton, Manchester, has been left with nerve damage after her tooth extraction went wrong

A woman has been awarded £12,000 in compensation after her face was left lop-sided and paralysed following a tooth extraction.

Healthcare assistant Chantelle Blakeley, 33, from Middleton, Manchester, was rushed to hospital after a gaping hole left in her gums by dentists caused her severe pain.

As a result of the botched tooth extraction, Mrs Blakeley has been left with a crooked smile and nerve damage.

Dentists Dr Bibi Shahidi and Dr Theocharis Doulgeridis have now paid her £12,000 in an out of court settlement after lawyers claimed her treatment was botched and that she may not have needed the tooth extraction in the first place.

Mrs Blakeley said: 'If I had been treated appropriately when I first visited the dentist then I wouldn't have needed to have the surgery that's left me with nerve damage.

'My mouth still doesn't look right when I smile.

'It's just awful.

'I don't know if I will ever regain the movement in that side of my face.

She had a successful root canal treatment after complaining of a toothache.

But she returned to the same practice in 2014 with pain in the same tooth and saw Dr Doulgeridis who placed a filling in the tooth.

The following day she was in so much pain the tooth was extracted.

But the pain continued for months until she was eventually taken in agony to North Manchester General Hospital where she had surgery in December 2014 to close the cavity.

After the surgery she experienced swelling and loss of muscle control in the right side of her face.

She was in so much distress she cancelled her 30th birthday party.

Traumatised by her ordeal, Mrs Blakeley contacted The Dental Law Partnership for legal advice.

Analysis of her dental records revealed that Dr Shahidi had not taken sufficient care when carrying out the root canal treatment and Dr Doulgeridis had failed to protect the tooth to prevent the fracture of the tooth.

Mrs Blakeley suffered an avoidable fracture of her tooth, which led to the poorly executed extraction by Dr Doulgeridis, lawyers claimed.